Growth Guarantee Scheme

The Growth Guarantee Scheme is a government-backed scheme designed to support access to finance for UK businesses as they look to invest and grow.

• From: Department for Business and Trade
• Published: 29 June 2026

• Type of support: Finance and Loan
• Business stage: Start-ups (1-2 years trading) and Established
• Industry: Agriculture and food, Business and finance, Construction, Education and Health
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  Hospitality and catering, IT, digital and creative, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Mining, Real estate and property, Science and technology, Service industries, Transport and distribution, Travel and leisure, Utilities providers, and Wholesale and retail
• Number of employees: 0 to 9 employees and 10 to 249 employees
• Region: East Midlands, Eastern, London, North East and North West
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  Northern Ireland, Scotland, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands, and Yorkshire and the Humber

How much can you get

The maximum amount available is up to £2 million per business group.

The Growth Guarantee scheme can provide finance including: term loans, overdrafts, asset finance, invoice finance and asset-based lending facilities.

Who it’s for

The scheme is available to businesses trading in the UK whose turnover doesn’t exceed £45 million, and generates more than 50% of turnover from trading activity.

The business will also need to show.

• the business is viable
• must not be a business in difficulty, including not being in relevant insolvency proceedings

Organiser

The British Business Bank administers the scheme on behalf of the Secretary of State for Business and Trade. Accredited providers can be found via the link below.

on the British Business Bank website

Published 29 June 2026